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Digital Terrain Models

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 548-0071/05
Abbreviation DMR
Course title Digital Terrain Models
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator Ing. Kateřina Růžičková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Features of ground
3. Types of DMT
4. Data sources for DMT creation
5. Data acquisition methods for DMT creation
6. Data models for DMT
7. Process of DMT creation
8. Interpolation
9. Triangulation
10. DMT verification
11. DMT visualization
12. DMT analyses (slope, orientation, curvature and roughness of DTM; landforms classification)
13. Analyses over DMT (hydrological and volume analyses; visibility analyses)

E-learning

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Literature

LI, Z., ZHU, Q., GOLD, Ch. Digital Terrain Modeling. Principles and Applications. CRC Press, 2005. 323 p.
MAUNE, D. F., NAYEGANDHI, A. Digital Elevation Model Technologies and Applications: The DEM Users Manual, 3rd Edition. ASPRS, 2018. 544 p. ISBN 1-57083-102-5 
WILSON, J. P., GALLANT, J. C. Terrain Analysis. Principles and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. 479 p.
EL-SHEIMY, N., VALEO, C., HABIB, A. Digital Terrain Modeling. Acquisition, Manipulation, and Applications. Artech House, Inc., 2005. 257 p. ISBN 1-58053-921-1

Advised literature

FLORINSKY, I. V. Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology. 2016 Elsevier. 506 p. ISBN 978-0-12-804632-6 
IMHOF, E. Cartographic Relief Presentation. ESRI Press. 2007. 379 p.
CHANG, K. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 2018. ISBN 978-1-259-92964-9 
KWAST, H., MENKE, K. QGIS for Hydrological Applications: Recipes for Catchment Hydrology and Water Management. Locate Press 2019. 168 p. ISBN-13: 978-0998547787